Transscleral diode laser retinopexy in retinal detachment surgery: Results of a multicenter trial

Retina

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 399-404

  Haller, Julia A ^a   Blair, Norman ^b   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a   De Bustros, Serge ^c   Goldberg, Morton F ^a   Muldoon, Thomas ^d   Packo, Kirk ^c   Resnick, Kenneth ^b   Rosen, Richard ^d   Shapiro, Michael ^b   Smiddy, William ^d   Walsh, Joseph ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Ingalls Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Diode laser; Retinal detachment; Retinal surgery; Retinopexy; Transscleral laser photocoagulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOPEXY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0032470741     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199809000-00001     Document Type: Article

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